Dave Birdman starts this Thameside Radio broadcast with apologies for problems in the previous two weeks. The DTI were raiding Thameside quite regularly at this time. There are studio problems so he doesn’t have any prefade when means some awkward segues between records, the show goes well though. He tells us about rat infestations in Hillingdon and edible snails in Heathrow.

Bob Edwards takes over at 8pm

Thameside Listeners mentioned include
Karen Scott from Epsom Downs, David Scott (who has passed 10 O-levels),

More mayhem with the Thameside Radio crew broadcasting live from Notting Hill in the middle of the 1982 carnival.

This extended show came from the Notting Hill Carnival - which was smaller and a little more edgy in 1982 than it is now. The main Thameside Transmitter was on top of Trellick Tower in the middle of Notting Hill while the lower roof (still 35 stories up) was used by the police to watch what was going on in the carnival.

Of course there was no interference between the police walkie-talkies and the Thameside Radio setup but still - it must have been "interesting" for the engineers.

After a summer break we're back with more broadcasts from Thameside Radio 90.2 VHF.

A brief reminder to those of you who said you had some more recordings: please get in touch (you can use the comments field or email al @ fmthen.com) - otherwise I might have run out by Christmas or early in the New Year.

There is a TV interview with Bob Edwards coming up though so stay tuned!

Al